London Irish will be looking to complete a remarkable double over French giants, Racing Metro 92, in a bid to keep their slim hopes of a Heineken Cup quarterfinals place alive.
The Premiership outfit recorded arguably their best victory in the tournament when they ran out comfortable 34-14 victors in Paris against a star-studded French line-up last weekend.
The Exiles, who reached the Heineken Cup semifinals in 2008, are currently third in Pool Two, two points behind Edinburgh, but need a victory to keep them in touching distance of pool leaders Cardiff Blues.
Racing, who would have been one of the favourites to qualify from the pool and are in only their second season in the tournament, have still to register a victory during this campaign.
The French side are now playing for pride and have only won two games in Europe and they will be looking to add to those victories and could still have a bearing on who qualifies for the knockout stages.
The teams:
London Irish: 15 Delon Armitage, 14 Tom Homer, 13 Joe Ansbro, 12 Jonathan Spratt, 11 Adam Thompstone, 10 Adrian Jarvis, 9 Darren Allinson, 8 Ofisa Treviranus, 7 Jamie Gibson, 6 Declan Danaher, 5 Matthew Garvey, 4 Bryn Evans, 3 Paulica Ion, 2 David Paice, 1 Clarke Dermody.
Replacements: 16 Brian Blaney, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Faan Rautenbach, 19 Bob Casey, 20 Richard Thorpe, 21 Topsy Ojo, 22 Shontayne Hape, 23 Paul Hodgson.
Racing Métro 92: 15 Gaetan Germain, 14 Julien Saubade, 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Sereli Bobo, 10 Jonathan Wisniewski, 9 Nicolas Durand, 8 Sebastien Chabal, 7 Alvaro Galindo, 6 Remi Vaquiin, 5 Francois van der Merwe, 4 Santiago Dellape, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Thomas Bianchin, 1 Julien Brugnaut.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Noirot, 17 Mikaele Tuugahala, 18 Johannes Coetzee, 19 Jone Qovu Nailiko, 20 Sebastien Descons, 21 Juan Martin Hernandez, 22 Bernard Le Roux, 23 Karim Ghezal.
Date: Saturday, December 17
Venue: Madejski Stadium, Reading
Kick-off: 15:00 GMT
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant referees: John Carvill (Ireland), Barry O' Connell (Ireland)
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